Anthony Terry bitten while trying to remove poisonous snake from home

OCHOCINCO IS REPORTEDLY A CO-STAR IN THE MOVIE. SO FAR NO WORD WHAT IT IS ABOUT. AB ABOUT THESE HANDS, THE AFTEREFFECT FROM THE BITE FROM A POISONOUS RATTLESNAKE. TAMIKA BECKHAM, THE HELICOPTER BEHIND YOU ARE COMING IN HANDY FOR THE GUY BIT. Reporter: HE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH SNAKES WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD BUT AFTER ALL OF HIS YEARS NEVER ENCOUNTERED WHAT HE DID. I WAS HOLDING THE BAG AND HE CAUGHT MY FINGER. Reporter: SWOLLEN AND BLI Reporter: SWOLLEN AND BLISTERED AND STILL IN A GOOD BIT OF PAIN, PARK RANGER ANTHONY TERRY SAID IT IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. IT WAS MY JOB TO RELOCATE HIM AND HE WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. Reporter: HE IS A F Reporter: HE IS A FIVE-AND-A-HALF-FOOT RATTLESNAKE LIKE THIS ONE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS IN AMERICA. HE WAS REMOVING IT FROM EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER FELT LIKE A HAMMER THAT HAD BEEN HEATED UP, AND EVERY TIME MY HEART BEAT, THE HAMMER WOULD HIT MY HAND AND GOT HOTTER AND HOTTER, AND I STARTED HALLUCINATING SO I DON'T REMEMBER MOST OF IT. Reporter: BEFORE HE STARTED HALLUCINATE HALLUCINATING, TERRY WAS ABLE TO CALL MIAMI-DADE FIRE RESCUE AND TOLD THEM TO HAVE THEIR VENOM UNIT READY. I HAVE TO BE HONEST I THOUGHT I WOULD DIE IN THE HOSPITAL. Reporter: HE DIDN'T BECAUSE HE WAS TREATED IN TIME BUT THESE POISONOUS SNAKES ARE SO LETHAL YOU COULD DIE WITHIN HOURS. AS FOR THE SNAKE, HE IS BACK IN THE WILD AND ANY NEW NAMES FOR HIS NEW FRIEND, TERRY SAID. YEAH, I GOT SOME NAMES FOR YEAH, I GOT SOME NAMES FOR IT. [LAUGHTER] Reporter: IF YOU WERE WONDERING WHY HIS HAND IS SO SWOLLEN IT IS THE COMBINATION OF THE POISON WITH THE ANTI-VENOM. IT SHOULD GO AWAY. HE DID TAKE ONE WEEK OFF FROM WORK BUT WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK BUT ON LIGHT DUTY. GUYS.

Terry has been working with snakes since he was 13 years old, but he says he never encountered what he did last weekend.

"I was holding the bag and as I was dropping the snake in, he caught me right here," Terry said while pointing to the finger where the snake bit him.

The finger is swollen and blistered and Terry says he's lucky to be alive.

"It was just my job to relocate him, and I was in close proximity moving him," he said. "About an hour later, it felt like a hammer that had been heated up. Every time my heart beat, the hammer would hit my hand. And then it got harder and harder until I started hallucinating, so I don't remember most of it," Terry said.

But before he started hallucinating, Terry was able to call Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and told them to have their Venom Unit ready.

"I want to be honest, I thought I was going to die in the hospital," Terry said.

These poisonous snakes are so lethal, you could die within hours of being bitten. But because Terry was treated in time, he survived the ordeal.

As for the snake, it's back in the wild.

When asked if he's go any names for his new friend, Terry smiled and replied, "Yeah, I've got some names for him."

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